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Pete Moore, bottom right, and the rest of the Miracles arriving in London in 1965.
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Pete Moore
Died on November 19, 2017 at age 79
An original member of the hitmaking Motown group the Miracles, Mr. Moore co-wrote some of its most enduring songs.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.